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Submission guidelines
Contents
• Instructions for Authors

◦ Manuscript Submission
◦ Types of Papers
◦ Title Page
◦ Text
◦ References
◦ Tables
◦ Artwork and Illustrations Guidelines
◦ Supplementary Information (SI)
◦ Scientific style
◦ Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
◦ Authorship principles
◦ Compliance with Ethical Standards
◦ Competing Interests
◦ Research Data Policy
◦ After acceptance
◦ Open Choice
◦ Offprints
• Open access publishing
• Mistakes to avoid during manuscript preparation
Instructions for Authors
Manuscript Submission
Manuscript Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published
before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its
publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible
authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried
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authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried
out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for
compensation.
Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been
published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s)
for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission
has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such
evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
Online Submission
Please follow the hyperlink “Submit manuscript” and upload all of your manuscript
files following the instructions given on the screen.
Source Files
Please ensure you provide all relevant editable source files at every submission and
revision. Failing to submit a complete set of editable source files will result in your
article not being considered for review. For your manuscript text please always
submit in common word processing formats such as .docx or LaTeX.
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Types of Papers
Original Paper, Review Paper
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Title Page
Please make sure your title page contains the following information.
Title
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Title
The title should be concise and informative.
Author information
• The name(s) of the author(s)
• The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state),

country
• A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author
• If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)
If address information is provided with the affiliation(s) it will also be published.
For authors that are (temporarily) unaffiliated we will only capture their city and
country of residence, not their e-mail address unless specifically requested.
Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, do not currently satisfy our
authorship criteria. Notably an attribution of authorship carries with it accountability
for the work, which cannot be effectively applied to LLMs. Use of an LLM should be
properly documented in the Methods section (and if a Methods section is not
available, in a suitable alternative part) of the manuscript.
Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any
undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
For life science journals only (when applicable)
• Trial registration number and date of registration for prospectively registered trials
• Trial registration number and date of registration, followed by “retrospectively

registered”, for retrospectively registered trials
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Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Statements and Declarations
The following statements should be included under the heading "Statements and
Declarations" for inclusion in the published paper. Please note that submissions that
do not include relevant declarations will be returned as incomplete.
• Competing Interests: Authors are required to disclose financial or non-financial

interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for
publication. Please refer to “Competing Interests and Funding” below for more
information on how to complete this section.
Please see the relevant sections in the submission guidelines for further information
as well as various examples of wording. Please revise/customize the sample
statements according to your own needs.
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Text
Text Formatting
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.
• Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
• Use italics for emphasis.
• Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
• Do not use field functions.
• Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
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• Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
• Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
• Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word
versions).
Manuscripts with mathematical content can also be submitted in LaTeX. We

recommend using Springer Nature’s LaTeX template.
Headings
Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Footnotes
Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation
of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a
reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a
reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables.
Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be

indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and
other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not
given reference symbols.
Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate

section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in
full.
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References
Citation
Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets.

Some examples:
• Negotiation research spans many disciplines [3].
• This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman [5].
• This effect has been widely studied [1-3, 7].
Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that
have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and
unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text.
The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively.
If available, please always include DOIs as full DOI links in your reference list (e.g.
“https://doi.org/abc”).
• Journal article
S. Preuss, A. Demchuk Jr., M. Stuke, Appl. Phys. A 61, 33 (1995)
• Article by DOI
M.K. Slifka, J.L. Whitton, J Mol Med. (2000) https://doi.org/10.1007

/s001090000086
• Book
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H. Ibach, H. Lüth, Solid-State Physics, 2nd edn. (Springer, Dordrecht, 1996), pp.
45–56
• Book chapter
D.M. Abrams, in Conductive Polymers, ed. By R.S. Seymour, A. Smith (Springer,

New York, 1973), p. 307
• Online document
J. Cartwright, Big stars have weather too. (IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb, 2007),
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007
Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List
of Title Word Abbreviations, see
ISSN.org LTWA
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Tables
• All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.

• Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of
the table.
• Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form
of a reference at the end of the table caption.
• Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or
asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath
the table body.
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Artwork and Illustrations Guidelines
Electronic Figure Submission
• Supply all figures electronically.

• Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
• For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF
format. MSOffice files are also acceptable.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
• Name your figure files with "Fig" and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.
Line Art
• Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.

• Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within
the figures are legible at final size.
• All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
• Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum
resolution of 1200 dpi.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Halftone Art
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• Definition: Photographs, drawings, or paintings with fine shading, etc.

• If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this by using scale bars
within the figures themselves.
• Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Combination Art
• Definition: a combination of halftone and line art, e.g., halftones containing line
drawing, extensive lettering, color diagrams, etc.
• Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi.
Color Art
Color art is free of charge for online publication.

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• Color art is free of charge for online publication.

• If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main
information will still be visible. Many colors are not distinguishable from one
another when converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make
a xerographic copy to see if the necessary distinctions between the different
colors are still apparent.
• If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to color in the
captions.
• Color illustrations should be submitted as RGB (8 bits per channel).
Figure Lettering
• To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif fonts).

• Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final-sized artwork, usually
about 2–3 mm (8–12 pt).
• Variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e.g., do not use 8-pt
type on an axis and 20-pt type for the axis label.
• Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
• Do not include titles or captions within your illustrations.
Figure Numbering
• All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.

• Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
• If an appendix appears in your article and it contains one or more figures, continue
the consecutive numbering of the main text. Do not number the appendix
figures,"A1, A2, A3, etc." Figures in online appendices [Supplementary Information
(SI)] should, however, be numbered separately.
Figure Captions
• Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure
depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
• Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure
number, also in bold type.
• No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be
placed at the end of the caption.
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placed at the end of the caption.

• Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes,
circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
• Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a
reference citation at the end of the figure caption.
Figure Placement and Size
• Figures should be submitted within the body of the text. Only if the file size of the
manuscript causes problems in uploading it, the large figures should be submitted
separately from the text.
• When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
• For large-sized journals the figures should be 84 mm (for double-column text
areas), or 174 mm (for single-column text areas) wide and not higher than 234
mm.
• For small-sized journals, the figures should be 119 mm wide and not higher than
195 mm.
Permissions
If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain
permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format. Please
be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that
Springer will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive
these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.
Accessibility
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your
figures, please make sure that
• All figures have descriptive captions (blind users could then use a text-to-speech
software or a text-to-Braille hardware)
• Patterns are used instead of or in addition to colors for conveying information

(colorblind users would then be able to distinguish the visual elements)
• Any figure lettering has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1
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Supplementary Information (SI)
Springer accepts electronic multimedia files (animations, movies, audio, etc.) and
other supplementary files to be published online along with an article or a book
chapter. This feature can add dimension to the author's article, as certain
information cannot be printed or is more convenient in electronic form.
Before submitting research datasets as Supplementary Information, authors should

read the journal’s Research data policy. We encourage research data to be archived
in data repositories wherever possible.
Submission
• Supply all supplementary material in standard file formats.

• Please include in each file the following information: article title, journal name,
author names; affiliation and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
• To accommodate user downloads, please keep in mind that larger-sized files may
require very long download times and that some users may experience other
problems during downloading.
• High resolution (streamable quality) videos can be submitted up to a maximum of
25GB; low resolution videos should not be larger than 5GB.
Audio, Video, and Animations
• Aspect ratio: 16:9 or 4:3

• Maximum file size: 25 GB for high resolution files; 5 GB for low resolution files
• Minimum video duration: 1 sec
• Supported file formats: avi, wmv, mp4, mov, m2p, mp2, mpg, mpeg, flv, mxf, mts,
m4v, 3gp
Text and Presentations
• Submit your material in PDF format; .doc or .ppt files are not suitable for long-term
viability.
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viability.
• A collection of figures may also be combined in a PDF file.
Spreadsheets
• Spreadsheets should be submitted as .csv or .xlsx files (MS Excel).
Specialized Formats
• Specialized format such as .pdb (chemical), .wrl (VRML), .nb (Mathematica

notebook), and .tex can also be supplied.
Collecting Multiple Files
• It is possible to collect multiple files in a .zip or .gz file.
Numbering
• If supplying any supplementary material, the text must make specific mention of
the material as a citation, similar to that of figures and tables.
• Refer to the supplementary files as “Online Resource”, e.g., "... as shown in the
animation (Online Resource 3)", “... additional data are given in Online Resource 4”.
• Name the files consecutively, e.g. “ESM_3.mpg”, “ESM_4.pdf”.
Captions
• For each supplementary material, please supply a concise caption describing the
content of the file.
Processing of supplementary files
• Supplementary Information (SI) will be published as received from the author

without any conversion, editing, or reformatting.
Accessibility
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your
supplementary files, please make sure that
• The manuscript contains a descriptive caption for each supplementary material
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• Video files do not contain anything that flashes more than three times per second
(so that users prone to seizures caused by such effects are not put at risk)
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Scientific style
• Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units (SI units).
• Nomenclature: Insofar as possible, authors should use systematic names similar to
those used by Chemical Abstract Service or IUPAC.
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Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a

member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the
COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct.
Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage
the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately
the entire scientific endeavour. Maintaining integrity of the research and its
presentation is helped by following the rules of good scientific practice, which
include*:
• The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal for
simultaneous consideration.
• The submitted work should be original and should not have been published
elsewhere in any form or language (partially or in full), unless the new work
concerns an expansion of previous work. (Please provide transparency on the re-
use of material to avoid the concerns about text-recycling (‘self-plagiarism’).
• A single study should not be split up into several parts to increase the quantity of
submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (i.e.
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submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (i.e.
‘salami-slicing/publishing’).
• Concurrent or secondary publication is sometimes justifiable, provided certain

conditions are met. Examples include: translations or a manuscript that is intended
for a different group of readers.
• Results should be presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification

or inappropriate data manipulation (including image based manipulation). Authors
should adhere to discipline-specific rules for acquiring, selecting and processing
data.
• No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own
(‘plagiarism’). Proper acknowledgements to other works must be given (this
includes material that is closely copied (near verbatim), summarized and/or
paraphrased), quotation marks (to indicate words taken from another source) are
used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions secured for material that is
copyrighted.
Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.
• Authors should make sure they have permissions for the use of software,
questionnaires/(web) surveys and scales in their studies (if appropriate).
• Research articles and non-research articles (e.g. Opinion, Review, and

Commentary articles) must cite appropriate and relevant literature in support of
the claims made. Excessive and inappropriate self-citation or coordinated efforts
among several authors to collectively self-cite is strongly discouraged.
• Authors should avoid untrue statements about an entity (who can be an individual
person or a company) or descriptions of their behavior or actions that could
potentially be seen as personal attacks or allegations about that person.
• Research that may be misapplied to pose a threat to public health or national

security should be clearly identified in the manuscript (e.g. dual use of research).
Examples include creation of harmful consequences of biological agents or toxins,
disruption of immunity of vaccines, unusual hazards in the use of chemicals,
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weaponization of research/technology (amongst others).
• Authors are strongly advised to ensure the author group, the Corresponding
Author, and the order of authors are all correct at submission. Adding and/or
deleting authors during the revision stages is generally not permitted, but in some
cases may be warranted. Reasons for changes in authorship should be explained
in detail. Please note that changes to authorship cannot be made after acceptance
of a manuscript.
*All of the above are guidelines and authors need to make sure to respect third
parties rights such as copyright and/or moral rights.
Upon request authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data in

order to verify the validity of the results presented. This could be in the form of raw
data, samples, records, etc. Sensitive information in the form of confidential or
proprietary data is excluded.
If there is suspicion of misbehavior or alleged fraud the Journal and/or Publisher will
carry out an investigation following COPE guidelines. If, after investigation, there are
valid concerns, the author(s) concerned will be contacted under their given e-mail
address and given an opportunity to address the issue. Depending on the situation,
this may result in the Journal’s and/or Publisher’s implementation of the following
measures, including, but not limited to:
• If the manuscript is still under consideration, it may be rejected and returned to

the author.
• If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and
severity of the infraction:
- an erratum/correction may be placed with the article
- an expression of concern may be placed with the article
- or in severe cases retraction of the article may occur.
The reason will be given in the published erratum/correction, expression of concern

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The reason will be given in the published erratum/correction, expression of concern

or retraction note. Please note that retraction means that the article is maintained
on the platform, watermarked “retracted” and the explanation for the retraction is
provided in a note linked to the watermarked article.
• The author’s institution may be informed
• A notice of suspected transgression of ethical standards in the peer review system

may be included as part of the author’s and article’s bibliographic record.
Fundamental errors
Authors have an obligation to correct mistakes once they discover a significant error
or inaccuracy in their published article. The author(s) is/are requested to contact the
journal and explain in what sense the error is impacting the article. A decision on
how to correct the literature will depend on the nature of the error. This may be a
correction or retraction. The retraction note should provide transparency which
parts of the article are impacted by the error.
Suggesting / excluding reviewers
Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of
certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts. When suggesting reviewers,
authors should make sure they are totally independent and not connected to the
work in any way. It is strongly recommended to suggest a mix of reviewers from
different countries and different institutions. When suggesting reviewers, the
Corresponding Author must provide an institutional email address for each
suggested reviewer, or, if this is not possible to include other means of verifying the
identity such as a link to a personal homepage, a link to the publication record or a
researcher or author ID in the submission letter. Please note that the Journal may
not use the suggestions, but suggestions are appreciated and may help facilitate the
peer review process.
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Authorship principles
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These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to

which prospective authors should adhere to.
Authorship clarified
The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all
gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible
authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before
the work is submitted.
The Publisher does not prescribe the kinds of contributions that warrant authorship.
It is recommended that authors adhere to the guidelines for authorship that are
applicable in their specific research field. In absence of specific guidelines it is
recommended to adhere to the following guidelines*:
All authors whose names appear on the submission
1) made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the

acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; or the creation of new software used
in the work;
2) drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content;
3) approved the version to be published; and
4) agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions
related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately
investigated and resolved.
* Based on/adapted from:
ICMJE, Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors,
Transparency in authors’ contributions and responsibilities to promote integrity in

scientific publication, McNutt at all, PNAS February 27, 2018
Disclosures and declarations
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All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding,

financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics
committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the
research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the
research involved animals (as appropriate).
The decision whether such information should be included is not only dependent on
the scope of the journal, but also the scope of the article. Work submitted for
publication may have implications for public health or general welfare and in those
cases it is the responsibility of all authors to include the appropriate disclosures and
declarations.
Data transparency
All authors are requested to make sure that all data and materials as well as software
application or custom code support their published claims and comply with field
standards. Please note that journals may have individual policies on (sharing)
research data in concordance with disciplinary norms and expectations.
Role of the Corresponding Author
One author is assigned as Corresponding Author and acts on behalf of all co-
authors and ensures that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of
the work are appropriately addressed.
The Corresponding Author is responsible for the following requirements:
• ensuring that all listed authors have approved the manuscript before submission,
including the names and order of authors;
• managing all communication between the Journal and all co-authors, before and
after publication;*
• providing transparency on re-use of material and mention any unpublished

material (for example manuscripts in press) included in the manuscript in a cover
letter to the Editor;
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• making sure disclosures, declarations and transparency on data statements from

all authors are included in the manuscript as appropriate (see above).
* The requirement of managing all communication between the journal and all co-
authors during submission and proofing may be delegated to a Contact or
Submitting Author. In this case please make sure the Corresponding Author is clearly
indicated in the manuscript.
Author contributions
In absence of specific instructions and in research fields where it is possible to

describe discrete efforts, the Publisher recommends authors to include contribution
statements in the work that specifies the contribution of every author in order to
promote transparency. These contributions should be listed at the separate title
page.
Examples of such statement(s) are shown below:
• Free text:
All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation,
data collection and analysis were performed by [full name], [full name] and [full
name]. The first draft of the manuscript was written by [full name] and all authors
commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved
the final manuscript.
Example: CRediT taxonomy:
• Conceptualization: [full name], …; Methodology: [full name], …; Formal analysis

and investigation: [full name], …; Writing - original draft preparation: [full name, …];
Writing - review and editing: [full name], …; Funding acquisition: [full name], …;
Resources: [full name], …; Supervision: [full name],….
For review articles where discrete statements are less applicable a statement
should be included who had the idea for the article, who performed the literature
search and data analysis, and who drafted and/or critically revised the work.
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For articles that are based primarily on the student’s dissertation or thesis, it is
recommended that the student is usually listed as principal author:
A Graduate Student’s Guide to Determining Authorship Credit and Authorship Order,

APA Science Student Council 2006
Affiliation
The primary affiliation for each author should be the institution where the majority of
their work was done. If an author has subsequently moved, the current address may
additionally be stated. Addresses will not be updated or changed after publication of
the article.
Changes to authorship
Authors are strongly advised to ensure the correct author group, the Corresponding
Author, and the order of authors at submission. Changes of authorship by adding or
deleting authors, and/or changes in Corresponding Author, and/or changes in the
sequence of authors are not accepted after acceptance of a manuscript.
• Please note that author names will be published exactly as they appear on
the accepted submission!
Please make sure that the names of all authors are present and correctly spelled,
and that addresses and affiliations are current.
Adding and/or deleting authors at revision stage are generally not permitted, but in
some cases it may be warranted. Reasons for these changes in authorship should
be explained. Approval of the change during revision is at the discretion of the
Editor-in-Chief. Please note that journals may have individual policies on adding
and/or deleting authors during revision stage.
Author identification
Authors are recommended to use their ORCID ID when submitting an article for
consideration or acquire an ORCID ID via the submission process.
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Deceased or incapacitated authors
For cases in which a co-author dies or is incapacitated during the writing,

submission, or peer-review process, and the co-authors feel it is appropriate to
include the author, co-authors should obtain approval from a (legal) representative
which could be a direct relative.
Authorship issues or disputes
In the case of an authorship dispute during peer review or after acceptance and
publication, the Journal will not be in a position to investigate or adjudicate. Authors
will be asked to resolve the dispute themselves. If they are unable the Journal
reserves the right to withdraw a manuscript from the editorial process or in case of a
published paper raise the issue with the authors’ institution(s) and abide by its
guidelines.
Confidentiality
Authors should treat all communication with the Journal as confidential which
includes correspondence with direct representatives from the Journal such as
Editors-in-Chief and/or Handling Editors and reviewers’ reports unless explicit
consent has been received to share information.
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Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted

principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should
include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest
(financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human
participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals.
Authors should include the following statements (if applicable) in a separate section
entitled “Compliance with Ethical Standards” when submitting a paper:
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• Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
• Research involving Human Participants and/or Animals
• Informed consent
Please note that standards could vary slightly per journal dependent on their peer
review policies (i.e. single or double blind peer review) as well as per journal subject
discipline. Before submitting your article check the instructions following this section
carefully.
The corresponding author should be prepared to collect documentation of

compliance with ethical standards and send if requested during peer review or after
publication.
The Editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the
above-mentioned guidelines. The author will be held responsible for false
statements or failure to fulfill the above-mentioned guidelines.
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Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to
the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the
work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be
reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could
reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclosure of interests
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• Instructions for Authors

Instructions for Authors

Original Paper, Review Paper

The title should be concise and informative.

• The name(s) of the author(s)

• The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state),

• A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author

• If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)

If address information is provided with the affiliation(s) it will also be published.

For life science journals only (when applicable)

• Trial registration number and date of registration, followed by “retrospectively

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Statements and Declarations

• Competing Interests: Authors are required to disclose financial or non-financial

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.

• Use italics for emphasis.

• Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.

• Do not use field functions.

• Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.

• Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.

Manuscripts with mathematical content can also be submitted in LaTeX. We

Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be

Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate

Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets.

• Negotiation research spans many disciplines [3].

• This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman [5].

• This effect has been widely studied [1-3, 7].

The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively.

S. Preuss, A. Demchuk Jr., M. Stuke, Appl. Phys. A 61, 33 (1995)

M.K. Slifka, J.L. Whitton, J Mol Med. (2000) https://doi.org/10.1007

D.M. Abrams, in Conductive Polymers, ed. By R.S. Seymour, A. Smith (Springer,

• All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.

Artwork and Illustrations Guidelines

Electronic Figure Submission

• Supply all figures electronically.

• Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.

• Definition: Photographs, drawings, or paintings with fine shading, etc.

Color art is free of charge for online publication.

• Color art is free of charge for online publication.

• To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif fonts).

• All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.

placed at the end of the caption.

Figure Placement and Size

• Patterns are used instead of or in addition to colors for conveying information

• Any figure lettering has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1

Supplementary Information (SI)

Before submitting research datasets as Supplementary Information, authors should

• Supply all supplementary material in standard file formats.

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• Aspect ratio: 16:9 or 4:3

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